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John Scarsbrook

Articles by this Author

‘The Father, Who Raised Him From the Dead’, Gal. 1. 1

The whole edifice of Christian truth and doctrine stands or falls on the validity of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. If there is any question or doubt concerning the historical reality of t…

John Scarsbrook

The Father

2022 Volume 77 Issue 4

Study

Abijah

If Rehoboam had obeyed the letter of the law, then Abijah would never have been king! The laws of inheritance, given in Deuteronomy chapter 21, clearly stated the rights of the firstborn where a man h…

John Scarsbrook

2011 Volume 66 Issue 1

Exposition

ABIMELECH the ‘Bramble King’

There are occasions both in the scriptures and in daily life when we come across an individual who seems to be totally devoid of moral worth; Abimelech was just such a man. It is a moot point whether …

John Scarsbrook

The Days when the Judges ruled

2009 Volume 64 Issue 4

Exposition

An Assembly of the Lord’s people will be a people among whom – The Scriptures are Obeyed – Part 11

From the dawn of time, a loving God has only asked one thing of man, His supreme creation, and that one thing is obedience. Not because He desires a servile, craven humanity, languishing under a Nebuc…

John Scarsbrook

An Assembly of the Lord’s people will be a people among whom …

2021 Volume 76 Issue 2

Exposition

Anna

The day dawned like any other day for most of Jerusalem’s residents. As the sun rose over the ancient hills of Moab to the east of Jordan, its first rays reflected from the gilded pinnacle of Herod’s …

John Scarsbrook

The Widows of Luke’s Gospel

2022 Volume 77 Issue 3

Devotional

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs – Part 1

The Old Testament commences with seventeen books of history – Genesis to Esther, and closes with seventeen books of prophecy – Isaiah to Malachi. In between are five books – Job to Song of Solomon – w…

John Scarsbrook

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs

2018 Volume 73 Issue 1

Exposition

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs – Part 2: The Wise Man and His Companions

Wisdom is a fathomless ocean, an eternal fountain which has its source in God alone, 8. 22, 23. It was divine wisdom that brought creation into being, 3. 19. The same wisdom orders and maintains it, 8…

John Scarsbrook

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs

2018 Volume 73 Issue 2

Exposition

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs – Part 3: The fool and his friends

The first man in scripture considered to be a fool, by his own admission, was Saul the king of Israel. Saul was a man who was given privilege, time and opportunity to make something of his life. Sadly…

John Scarsbrook

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs

2018 Volume 73 Issue 3

Exposition

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs – Part 4: The Sluggard

Time is a very precious commodity. It takes us from the cradle and charts our course through childhood to adolescence and on into adulthood. Time takes us from the school desk to the workplace. Time m…

John Scarsbrook

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs

2018 Volume 73 Issue 4

Devotional

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs – Part 5: The Proud Man

All sin is abhorrent to the mind of God, and totally foreign to the divine nature. In view of this, it would seem perfectly reasonable to ask why is it that the sin of pride in particular calls forth …

John Scarsbrook

2019 Volume 74 Issue 1

Devotional

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs – Part 6: The Talebearer

Man is by nature an inquisitive being. There is, of course, nothing intrinsically wrong with that. It is a God-given attribute, which helps us to learn and develop through life and to acquire the know…

John Scarsbrook

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs

2019 Volume 74 Issue 2

Exposition

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs – Part 7: The Righteous Man

The righteous man occupies the central place in the book of Proverbs. He is seen as a shining example to the various characters as they move around him on the stage of life. His morally upright walk a…

John Scarsbrook

2019 Volume 74 Issue 3

Exposition

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs – Part 8: Women of Vice, Voice and Virtue

We cannot fail to notice as we read through the Proverbs that the wise man is totally impartial in his dealings with the various characters brought before us. He is forthright, honest, incisive and cl…

John Scarsbrook

Character Studies in the Book of Proverbs

2019 Volume 74 Issue 4

Exposition

Church Gatherings – Part 1

In Matthew chapter 18, verse 20 the Lord Jesus planted a seed thought which blossomed in the book of Acts and bore fruit in the Epistles. One of the reasons given by the Lord when he called the twelve…

John Scarsbrook

Church Gatherings

2012 Volume 67 Issue 1

Exposition

Church Gatherings – Part 2 – Teaching and being taught

The last instruction given by the Lord Jesus to His own before His ascension established an order which is both spiritual and logical. ‘Go’, He said, and ‘make disciples of all nations, baptizing them…

John Scarsbrook

Church Gatherings

2012 Volume 67 Issue 2

Contemporary Issues

Church Gatherings – Part 3 – The Breaking of Bread

The law from Sinai was intrinsically ‘holy, and just, and good’, Rom. 7. 12. It did, however, make rigorous demands upon those living under its jurisdiction, with penalties imposed for failure to meet…

John Scarsbrook

Church Gatherings

2012 Volume 67 Issue 3

Contemporary Issues

Deborah – a Mother in Israel

For eighty years the land enjoyed a measure of rest after the exploits of Ehud. A whole generation grew up during the longest period of peace recorded in the times of the Judges. Yet, as we have seen …

John Scarsbrook

The Days when the Judges ruled

2009 Volume 64 Issue 1

Exposition

Developing and renewing eldership

In 2 Timothy chapter 2 verse 2 the apostle Paul sets out a pattern for the progression and maintenance of the truth of scripture for succeeding generations. The ‘things which (Timothy) had learned’ wo…

John Scarsbrook

2014 Volume 69 Issue 1

Contemporary Issues

Ehud and Shamgar

EHUD – The Scourge of Moab, Judges 3. 12-30 SHAMGAR –The Slayer of Philistines, Judges 3. 31 I recall as a boy having a morbid fascination with the story of Ehud. The daring plan, the intrigue and the…

John Scarsbrook

The Days when the Judges ruled

2008 Volume 63 Issue 4

Exposition

Eve

Late in the twentieth century some very clever and highly qualified scientists proposed a theory, and it was never more than a theory, suggesting that the evolutionary descent on the female side could…

John Scarsbrook

Old Testament Women Who Appear in the New Testament

2022 Volume 77 Issue 2

Study

Fellowship is Enjoyed

There are two topics under consideration in this subject. First, we need to establish who the ‘people’ are. Then, we must seek to understand what is meant by and involved in ‘fellowship’. According to…

John Scarsbrook

An Assembly of the Lord’s people will be a people among whom …

2019 Volume 74 Issue 1

Assembly Principles

Gideon – the weak confounding the mighty (5/1)

PART 1 If the question were asked, ‘Who are the outstanding characters in the book of Judges?’ we could not fail to think of those like Deborah, Gideon, Jephthah and Samson, and we would be right to d…

John Scarsbrook

The Days when the Judges ruled

2009 Volume 64 Issue 2

Exposition

Gideon – the weak confounding the mighty (5/2)

PART 2 Gideon may well have been disappointed with the response when he blew his trumpet in Abiezer. True it was that the first to gather to his banner were those of his own home town; men of whom he …

John Scarsbrook

The Days when the Judges ruled

2009 Volume 64 Issue 3

Exposition

God’s weeping prophet and wayward people: Jeremiah’s prophecy and Lamentations – Malcolm C. Davis

Paperback, 269 pages, Published by John Ritchie Ltd, 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RH, Scotland. ISBN: 0978-1-910513-50-7. A cursory glance at the brief comment on the back cover of this book brought…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 4

A Word for Today

Jehoahaz to Zedekiah

The closing years of the monarchy saw four young men ascend the nation’s throne. Jehoahaz was twenty-three, his brother, Jehoiakim, who succeeded him, was twenty-five. His son Jehoiachin followed at t…

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 1

History

Jehovah-Mekaddishkem – ‘Jehovah That Doth Sanctify You’

‘Jehovah that doth sanctify you’1 The ‘Titles of Jehovah’ in this series of articles can be found listed in the introductory notes of The Newberry Bible.2 Some are very familiar to the Bible student, …

John Scarsbrook

Titles of Jehovah

2025 Volume 80 Issue 2

Study

Jephthah – A Man of Contradictions

It is rather unfortunate that on most occasions when thought is given to the life of Jephthah, interest is confined to opinion regarding the fate of his daughter! Chapters have been written and much i…

John Scarsbrook

The Days when the Judges ruled

2010 Volume 65 Issue 1

Exposition

Joshua

Introduction – Purpose and plan The book of Joshua marks an important milestone in the history of the nation. Promise was made to Abram in Genesis chapter 12 of both a land and a nation. Abram and his…

John Scarsbrook

2017 Volume 72 Issue 2

Devotional

Josiah – Part 1

Chaos reigned in the royal residence at Jerusalem. Amon’s brief and godless occupancy of the throne had been brought to an untimely end by his servants, fearful, maybe, of a return to the cruel and id…

John Scarsbrook

Josiah

2014 Volume 69 Issue 3

Devotional

Josiah – Part 2

The wise man in the book of Proverbs refers no fewer than fourteen times to ‘the fear of the Lord’. Among other benefits, it is ‘the beginning of wisdom’, 9. 10; it ‘prolongeth days’, 10. 27, and is ‘…

John Scarsbrook

Josiah

2014 Volume 69 Issue 4

Devotional

Judges

The design of the book Among the many words of wisdom in the book of Proverbs, there are some which serve both as statements of fact and, at the same time, provide a word of warning. Chapter 13 verse …

John Scarsbrook

2017 Volume 72 Issue 3

Exposition

Letter to Philemon – Part 1

Christianity is the very antithesis of slavery. In the first century, when this brief letter was written, slavery was endemic throughout the Roman empire. It has been suggested that as many as one thi…

John Scarsbrook

2024 Volume 79 Issue 3

Study

Letter to Philemon – Part 2

The stated aims of the late 18th-century French Revolution were ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’. In order to try and achieve this, 17, 000 men, women, and children died on the guillotine and the count…

John Scarsbrook

2024 Volume 79 Issue 4

Study

Lot’s Wife

We do not know her name, her age, her appearance or her family background. All we know is that she passes before us briefly on the page of both Old and New Testaments as a salutary warning, simply kno…

John Scarsbrook

Old Testament Women Who Appear in the New Testament

2020 Volume 75 Issue 1

Exposition

Manasseh and Amon

If the apostle Paul, by his own admission, was the chief of sinners in the New Testament, then Manasseh could well lay claim to that dubious title in the Old Testament. It is encouraging to note, howe…

John Scarsbrook

2014 Volume 69 Issue 2

Exposition

Nathan the Prophet

We learn from 1 Chronicles chapter 29, and from 2 Chronicles chapter 9, that Nathan the prophet recorded ‘the acts of David’ and ‘the acts of Solomon, first and last’. No doubt it would have been inte…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 1

Devotional

Othniel – the Lion of God

It is interesting to note that the Spirit of God twice records the death of Joshua, Josh. 24. 29; Judg. 2. 8. It is almost as though there is a reluctance to see this great servant of God pass from th…

John Scarsbrook

The Days when the Judges ruled

2008 Volume 63 Issue 3

Exposition

Ruth

The book of Judges ends in failure, departure, idolatry and judgement. The first book of Samuel opens with a barren woman, a priest whose eyes were dim and an admission of ‘no open vision’; heaven was…

John Scarsbrook

2017 Volume 72 Issue 4

Devotional

Samson – A model of Inconsistency (8/1)

From the death of Jephthah to the birth of Samson, some twentyfive years of relative peace had passed by for the nation of Israel. During that time, God raised up three men in succession to administer…

John Scarsbrook

The Days when the Judges ruled

2010 Volume 65 Issue 2

Exposition

Samson a model of inconsistency

It is not difficult to understand why God would use a fearless warrior like Othniel, a patriot such as Ehud or the self-effacing Gideon; men who ‘subdued kingdoms … waxed valiant in fight, turned to f…

John Scarsbrook

The Days when the Judges ruled

2010 Volume 65 Issue 3

Exposition

Son of the Blessed

It was still dark, though the promise of dawn was a faint blush in the eastern sky, heralding what would be the most significant day in the history of the universe. It was cold enough to need a fire i…

John Scarsbrook

Son of…

2023 Volume 78 Issue 3

Devotional

Tamar

Tamar is not one of the more prominent characters of scripture; she is afforded one chapter in Genesis, a verse in the book of Ruth chapter 4, a reference in 1 Chronicles chapter 2, and a mention in M…

John Scarsbrook

Old Testament Women Who Appear in the New Testament

2021 Volume 76 Issue 2

Devotional

The Church at Philadelphia

REVELATION 2.18-29 With just ‘a little strength’, the believers at Philadelphia were not finding life easy when the apostle John conveyed to them this letter from the Lord Jesus. Their closest neighbo…

John Scarsbrook

The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia Minor

2008 Volume 63 Issue 1

Exposition

The Days when the Judges ruled

The design of the book Among the many words of wisdom in the book of Proverbs, there are some which serve both as statements of fact and at the same time provide a word of warning. Chapter 13 verse 15…

John Scarsbrook

The Days when the Judges ruled

2008 Volume 63 Issue 2

Exposition

The Privilege

Before you read this article just STOP! – Take a moment or two, and ask yourself the following questions:- What does it mean to me to be in fellowship in a local assembly? Where does the life and act…

John Scarsbrook

Fellowship In The Local Church

2001 Volume 56 Issue 1

Exposition

The Prophecy of Zephaniah

As I write these notes in November 2023, the world focus is once again, as often before, upon the State of Israel. The response of the Israeli Defence Force to the unprovoked and murderous attack upon…

John Scarsbrook

Studies in the Twelve (Minor) Prophets

2024 Volume 79 Issue 4

Study

The Responsibility

Fellowship is one of those words that we use frequently, and at times can also misuse. To a degree we all understand it, yet seldom appreciate it as we should. We speak of being ‘in fellowship’ in a c…

John Scarsbrook

Fellowship In The Local Church

2001 Volume 56 Issue 2

Exposition

The Throne of His father David

There is no doubt that all authority, whether in relation to heaven or earth, has been vested in the Lord Jesus; He it is who must, and will reign until all enemies are beneath His feet. He will yet b…

John Scarsbrook

2011 Volume 66 Issue 4

Devotional

The Widow With the Two Mites, Luke 21. 1–4

It is always interesting and instructive when reading the synoptic Gospels to note the details recorded by one or maybe two of the writers but omitted by others. The brief incident which occupies our …

John Scarsbrook

The Widows of Luke’s Gospel

2023 Volume 78 Issue 3

Devotional

Their Finest Hour – Esther

If the book of Esther had been the work of a secular writer it would undoubtedly be termed a ‘page-turner’! The narrative draws the reader on, and even for those familiar with the story there is a com…

John Scarsbrook

Their Finest Hour

2015 Volume 70 Issue 2

Exposition

Their Finest Hour – Peter

If it were possible to ask Peter what he considered to be his ‘finest hour’, I rather think that he would recall that unforgettable experience ‘in the holy mount’, concerning which he would later writ…

John Scarsbrook

2018 Volume 73 Issue 3

Exposition

Then came a Rich Man of Arimathea

It is James who, in his epistle, underlines the fact that genuine faith will always be accompanied by appropriate works. A Joseph stands at both the entrance and the exodus of the earthly pathway of t…

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 4

Devotional

Book Reviews by this Author

A Study of First Thessalonians: The Model Church – Gary McBride

Paperback, 102 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. West, Port Colborne, ON L3K 6A6 Canada. ISBN 978-192752-145-8. This is a short book amongst a number of recent very helpful boo…

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 3

Beginnings: Old Testament Overview Volume 1 – Richard Catchpole

Paperback, 323 Pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, UK. ISBN 978-1-871642-66-7. Precious Seed Publications set themselves the very worthy task of providing…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 4

Christian Experiences and Spiritual Growth

Christian Experiences and Spiritual Growth by Winston G. Litchmore161 pages, Paperback. Published by Austin Macauley Publishers, 1 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AA.ISBN: 978-1-398467-89-7 …

John Scarsbrook

2022 Volume 77 Issue 4

Christian Frontline Series: The Christian and Money – Hansruedi Graf

Paperback, 94 pages, Chapter Two, Fountain House, 3 Conduit Mews, London, SE18 7AP, United Kingdom ISBN 978-1-85307-257-4. Programmes or articles about money are usually deadly boring. Who can liste…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 4

Collected Writings of E. W. Rogers – Volume 2

Collected Writings of E. W. Rogers - Volume 2 Compiled by Mervyn Wishart 412 pages, Paperback. Published by John Ritchie Ltd, 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland. ISBN 13. 978-1-914273-16-2. We are g…

John Scarsbrook

2022 Volume 77 Issue 4

Daily Shall He Be Praised

A day by day anthology of Hymn writers and their work.Paperback, 221 pages. Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Northern Ireland.Available from Ards Bookshop, Newtownards, Northern Ireland. ISBN:…

John Scarsbrook

2022 Volume 77 Issue 1

Day by Day – Through the Bible Edited – Ken Totton

Paperback, 381 pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, UK. ISBN 978 1 871642 80 3. The latest publication in the tried and tested Day by Day series does exact…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 3

Design Dissected – Is the design real?

Design Dissected - Is the design real? by David J. Galloway224 pages, Paperback.Published by John Ritchie Ltd, 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock.ISBN 13. 978-1-914273-00-1. The past few years have seen a num…

John Scarsbrook

2022 Volume 77 Issue 2

Ezekiel – Coming Back From Exile

Ezekiel - Coming Back From Exile by John Riddle576 pages, Paperback.Published by John Ritchie Ltd, 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RH, Scotland.ISBN-13. 978-1-914273-15-5 This latest in a series of b…

John Scarsbrook

2022 Volume 77 Issue 3

False Apocalypse, False Gospel, False Witnesses – Donald C. B. Cameron.

Paperback, 390 pages Published by John Ritchie Ltd, 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland. ISBN 978–1–910513–80–4. No doubt most readers of this magazine will have encountered representatives of the Je…

John Scarsbrook

2018 Volume 73 Issue 2

Gleanings from the book of Ruth – Alex Dryburgh

Paperback, 104 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. W. Port Colborne, ON L3K 6A6. ISBN 978-1927-5216-18. A book review is, by its very nature, a subjective exercise. The style and…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 1

His Coming – A Guide to Future Events – Various Authors

Paperback, 140 pages. Published by John Ritchie Ltd. 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland. ISBN: 978-1-910513-42-2. Books dealing with future events are not in short supply and cover every shade of op…

John Scarsbrook

2018 Volume 73 Issue 3

How to Master the Bible – Martin Anstey

Paperback, 138 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, NI. ISBN 978-1-909789-16-6. This is a revised reprint of a book first published in 1931. In view of this, I imagine that the…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 1

If it wasn’t for the Lighthouse – Bill and Irene Ridgeway

Paperback, 112 pages. Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St West, Port Colborne, Ontario, L3K 6A6. ISBN 978-1-927521-56-4 If you want to know if missionaries have the same anxieties as we …

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 4

Indispensible Ordinance: Baptism, the Lord’s Supper and the Head Covering – Romel Ghossain

Paperback, 142 pp, Published by Decapolis Press, Pitcot Farm, Pitcot Lane, Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Radstock BA3 4SX, England. Price £6.00 ISBN 978-1871642-51-3. A book that brings together these thre…

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 2

Insects of the Bible – Tom H. Ratcliffe

Paperback, 81 pages, Published by Bell and Bain Ltd, Glasgow. [Available from John Ritchie Limited]. ISBN: 978 1 871642 810. It may be that if you have never had an interest in entomology then you m…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 3

Learning to Lead – Next Generation – David Clarkson and Stephen McQuoid

Paperback, 182pp. Published by Opal Trust, 1 Glenannan Park, Lockerbie, Scotland, DG11 2FA. ISBN 978-1-907098-15-4. It is clear, from the focus of this book, that the authors are aware of the import…

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 2

Living with the glory of the Lord – Ezekiel’s Prophecy – Malcolm Davis

Paperback, 276 pages. Published by John Ritchie Ltd., 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland, KA3 1 RH. Price: £8.99. ISBN: 978-1-909803-78-7. The origins of this helpful book are to be found in a conve…

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 1

Looking for the Glory – An Exposition of the Epistle to Titus – Adam D. Thropay

Paperback, 103 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, Northern Ireland. ISBN 978-1-909789-22-7. Adam D. Thropay has been involved in Bible teaching in assemblies in North America…

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 4

New Testament Priests, Speak Up! – Mike Stephenson

Paperback, 79 pages. Published by ECS Ministries, PO Box 1028, Dubuque, IA 52004-1028. ISBN: 978-1-59387-229-8. The title and theme of this book will strike a chord with many who would love to hear …

John Scarsbrook

2018 Volume 73 Issue 3

New Treasury of Bible Doctrine: ‘Things most surely believed’

Paperback, 590 pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, Sheffield, S21 1HW, UK. ISBN: 978 1 871642 84 1. First published 1977. Revised and updated 2017. This s…

John Scarsbrook

2017 Volume 72 Issue 4

One Is Your Master Even Christ

192 pages, Hardback, Published by The Bereans Publishing Ltd., 38 Mountain Road, Kilkeel, County Down, BT34 4BB.ISBN: 978-1-913232-20-7. As the back cover summary indicates, this book has been writt…

John Scarsbrook

2022 Volume 77 Issue 1

Opening up Proverbs – Jim Newheiser

Paperback, 182 pages, Published by Day One Publications, Leominster, HR6 8NZ, UK. ISBN 978-1-84625-110-8. The ‘Opening up’ series covers many of the books of scripture, written by a number of respec…

John Scarsbrook

2017 Volume 72 Issue 2

Penned for His Praise

Penned for His Praise by Joanna DanielHardback, 106 pages,Published by Moriah Ministries, PO Box 7193, 31-33 Water Tank Road, MMDA Colony, Arumbakkam, Chennai 600 106, India.ISBN 978-81-938892-9-9. …

John Scarsbrook

2022 Volume 77 Issue 3

Pocket Commentary Series – 1st John

Paperback, 104 pages, Published by John Ritchie Ltd. 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, KA3 1RH. ISBN: 978-1-910513-68-2. What is a pocket commentary? As the Foreword states, ‘A need has been identified … fo…

John Scarsbrook

2017 Volume 72 Issue 4

Poisoned Soul – the deadly effects of bitterness – Paul Young

Paperback, 66 pages. Published by the author, 31 Fairmeadows, Maesteg, Wales, CF34 9JL. Price: £1. It would be easy to dismiss this unprepossessing booklet. It is only a few pages. However, for anyo…

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 1

Precious Seed 70th Anniversary Edition

Paperback, 212 pages, Published by Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, UK. ISBN 978 1 871642 77 3. This well presented book incorporates scanned copies of the Precious Seed M…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 3

Seven Postures of Christ – Mervyn Wishart

128 pages, Paperback. Published by John Ritchie Publishing, 40 Beansburn, Kilmarnock, Scotland. ISBN-13: 978-1-912522-62-0. Benefits arising from the pandemic lockdown of 2020/21 are not easy to qua…

John Scarsbrook

2021 Volume 76 Issue 3

Shepherding the Sheep – Mark Sweetnam and Walter Boyd

248 pages. Paperback. Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Northern Ireland. Available from Ards Evangelical Bookshop, Newtownards. ISBN 978-1-909789-54-8. The sub-title of this book from STL is…

John Scarsbrook

2021 Volume 76 Issue 3

Stories from Luke’s Gospel – Robert Craig

Paperback, 160 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St West, Port Colborne, Ontario, L3K 6A6. ISBN 97-81927521-63-2 Although this book is just a brief summary of selected accounts in …

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 2

The Extent of the Atonement – James Morison

Paperback, 167 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, Northern Ireland. ISBN 978-1-909789-23-4. James Morison (1816-1893) was ordained in the Scottish United Secession Church, bu…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 2

The John Ritchie Library

Prior to his homecall, our esteemed brother Mr. Denis Gilpin had a great interest in establishing a library at Kilmarnock of all John Ritchie publications. It was his desire, that when completed, the …

John Scarsbrook

2005 Volume 60 Issue 3

The Land and People of Israel, what does the future hold? – Drew Craig

Paperback, 63 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly St. W. Port Colborne, ON L3K 6A6. ISBN 978-1897-1178-11. To many in the secular and political world, the modern state of Israel is c…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 1

The Nature of the Atonement – James Morison

Paperback, 99 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Cookstown, Northern Ireland. ISBN 978-1-909789-19-7. James Morison (1816-1893) was a Scottish minister of the Gospel who was greatly use…

John Scarsbrook

2016 Volume 71 Issue 2

The New Calvinists, Changing the Gospel – E. S. Williams

Paperback, 69 pages, Published by The Wakeman Trust and Belmont House Publishing, 38 Walcot Square, London, SE11 4TZ, England. ISBN 978-1-908919-32-8. For those who do not follow events in evangelic…

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 2

The People’s Bible – The remarkable history of the King James Version – Derek Wilson

Paperback, 222 pages; Published by Lion Hudson plc, Jordan Hill Rd. Oxford, OX2 8DR. Available from Amazon, also in Kindle, epub and PDF formats. ISBN 978-0-7459-5559-9 ISBN: 978-1-909789-31-9 Derek…

John Scarsbrook

2018 Volume 73 Issue 2

The Riches of Divine Wisdom – David Gooding

Paperback, 425 pages, Published by Myrtlefield House, 180 Mountsandel Road, Coleraine, BT52 1TD. ISBN 978-1-874584-21-6. Over forty years ago, Prof. John Heading and I had the privilege of sitting i…

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 3

The Surprising Saviour

Paperback, 68 pages, Published by Scripture Teaching Library, Northern Ireland and available from Ards Evangelical Bookshop, Newtownards. ISBN: 978-1-909789-56-2. This book is a compilation of the …

John Scarsbrook

2021 Volume 76 Issue 4

Travel with Jonathan Edwards – A God-centred life, an enduring legacy

Paperback, 128 pages, Published by Day One Publications, Rylands Road, Leominster, England, HR6 8NZ. ISBN 978-1846253-90-4. To many readers of this magazine the name Jonathan Edwards may be largely …

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 2

Truth and Training from Titus – Stephen G. Baker

Paperback, 62 pages. Available from: Precious Seed Publications, 34 Metcalfe Avenue, Killamarsh, Sheffield, S21 1HW, UK. ISBN: 978-1-871642-94-0. The substance of this book, which runs to sixty-two …

John Scarsbrook

2018 Volume 73 Issue 3

Wisdom for Fools – 101 Proverbs to Live By – Shane Watson

Paperback, 218 pages, Published by Gospel Folio Press, 304 Killaly Street West, Port Colborne ON L3K 6A6, Canada. ISBN 978-1-927521-50-2. The book of Proverbs does not lend itself to analysis, and a…

John Scarsbrook

2015 Volume 70 Issue 3

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